PTI MNA responds to claims of ‘bulldozing’ civility and social norms

Following reports of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) MNA, in the midst of an ongoing social media campaign suggesting the political leader ‘bulldozed’ all norms of civility and social structures, Kanwal Shauzab comes forward with her response.

According to reports of Baaghi TV, Kanwal Shauzab, the PTI MNA who lives in the F-11/2 area of Islamabad has recently found herself in the midst of a controversy which suggests that she behaved in an uncivil and aggressive manner towards an older neighbor.

According to reports of Baaghi TV, the PTI MNA has stated that “in response to the vitriolic harassment and vile social media defamation campaign, Raja Abdul Rehman and Fatima Abdul Rehman, residents of F-11/2 on the street that is adjacent and completely separate to ours, [and] who share no boundary with us, are the only one of a street full of houses who took issue with the CDA-approved beautification of the unplanned land next to our house which had become a desolate expanse of wild bushes and shrubs, plagued with dangerous wild animals (wild boars, snakes, scorpions) and street druggies/criminals – positing a serious security threat to our house.”

Kanwal Shauzab added that Mrs. Abdul Rehman “had been using the land, primarily, as her personal disposal site for trash, and took ‘moral’ issue with our efforts to clean and beautify on the entirely fabricated and false assertion that we had cut down trees.” The MNA further added that after “Failing to produce tangible evidence to halt the benign process of beautification legally, she grew frustrated and exercised her so called ‘civic duty’ by first, abusively bullying CDA and MCI personnel and then, sending her employed cook to physically obstruct private laborers (operating tractors), to stop them from continuing their work.”

According to reports of Baaghi TV, the Islaamabad-based MNA went on to state that her elderly neighbor “concurrently undertook a hateful social media campaign against me (I’m a political figure and my reputation is inherently valuable to my career), scandalizing a non-political issue, weaponizing my political status against me, and misleadingly reporting the matter as the supposed victim in official forums.”

The MNA further added that “the delirious Mrs Abdul Rehman did not stop at this, approaching me whilst I was on the land directing work, instigating me with indecent, vulgar language, and threatening to defame me further in the media. She followed up on this by pulling out her phone and filming me illegally, without my consent, and when I stood up to her oppression and harassment – refusing to be filmed – she brutally assaulted me: grabbing me by the neck and pushing me to the ground.”

Moreover, the MNA claimed that “Since the incident, we’ve been quiescent, approaching Mr and Mrs Abdul Rehman to quash the conflict, and contacting the relevant authorities. However, Mr and Mrs Abdul Rehman have remained undeterred in their vitriol and deceitful propaganda – circulating an inaccurate post relating a fictitious account full of hypocrisy, misinformation and false political insinuations, on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, claiming to be the victims in all of this.”

“Furthermore, after defaming, assaulting and harassing me, they have also publicly – completely illegally – disclosed our home address in the referenced social media post”, stated Kanwal Shuazab, PTI MNA.

“This is a complete violation of our privacy and given my position as a recognized political representative, endangers us to dire security threats. We have issued a legal notice to the perpetrators, but we request that people open their eyes to the smear campaign that has caused us immeasurable trauma and continues to defame us publicly only because we’re political targets”, Kanwal Shauzab further stated.